Is little persimmon hot or cold?
Persimmon is cool because of its growth characteristics. Persimmon fruit must gradually mature after the autumn weather turns cold, with red color, soft pulp and increased sweetness, which is suitable for eating. Usually, persimmons are fully mature after the first frost, and the appearance of persimmons will be covered with frost after full maturity. Therefore, from the concept of TCM analogy, persimmon belongs to cool fruit because of climate and solar terms.
Persimmon is a deciduous tree, native to East Asia. It has been cultivated in China for more than 3,000 years, covering an area of 200,000 hm2. Persimmon is not only nutritious, contains a lot of sugar and vitamins, but also has high medicinal and economic value. So far, researchers all over the world have found that many active substances in persimmon, including carotenoids, flavonoids, fatty acids, phenols, amino acids and trace elements, can be widely used in medicine, health care and cosmetics.